abbreviations for words that mean fishing

In some fishes used for sound production or respiration.Īlbright knot - common knot used for tying the backing to fly line.Īlevin - the developmental life stage of young salmonids and trout that are between the egg and fry stage. The fishing words and terms below are organized in alphabetical order, I hope that you find them useful.Ĭlick the letters in the alphabet for quick navigation A B C D E FĪdjustable bankstick - a bankstick made with a hollow tubed rod that has a sliding tubed insert that allows you to change the heightĪffluent - a stream or river that flows into a larger one a tributaryĪir Bladder - strong walled gas filled sac in the upper part of the body cavity of many bony fishes just beneath the vertebral column its principal function is to offset the weight of heavier tissue such as bone. The following fishing words and terms are not necessarily scientific names and terms, they could be fishing slang, fishing jargon, or just nicknames that fishermen gave them.

I didn’t just list the jargon but there is an explanation to it too, otherwise it would be just as much help as an ashtray on a motorbike. I thought why not share a collection of these with everyone so when you need them, they will be here in one place in a bunch. Well, gradually I've learned a lot of these words and terms (thank you Google search) but far not all of them.

They used so many strange linguistic terms related to fishing that I thought, boy, what planet is this?! It sounded like they were talking partially in a foreign language. At my early days of fishing if I dropped into the middle of a conversation between two or more old-timer anglers, I didn’t understand half of what they were on about, seriously.

Abbreviations for words that mean fishing